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Uganda's incumbent president Yoweri Museveni wins re-election
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Kampala [Uganda], January 16 (ANI/Xinhua): Uganda's incumbent President Yoweri Museveni has won the country's presidential elections, the Electoral Commission announced here on Saturday.
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Uganda's incumbent president leads presidential race
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Kampala [Uganda], January 16 (ANI/Xinhua): Uganda's incumbent President Yoweri Museveni has led in Thursday's presidential election, according to partial poll results released by the country's electoral commission on Saturday.
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Uganda second deputy prime minister dies at 85
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Kampala [Uganda], December 20 (ANI): Uganda's second Deputy Prime Minister Ali Kirunda Kivejinja has died in a hospital in the capital of Kampala. He was 85.
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Death toll in Uganda's violent protests rises to 16
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Kampala [Uganda], November 20 (ANI/Xinhua): The death toll from Wednesday's violent protests in Uganda's capital Kampala over the arrest of opposition presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi has risen to 16, the police said on Thursday.
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Ajay Kumar concurrently accredited as Indian envoy to Burundi
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 17 (ANI): The present High Commissioner of India to Uganda A Ajay Kumar has been concurrently accredited as the next Indian envoy to Burundi, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Tuesday.
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Uganda reports 214 new COVID-19 cases
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Kampala [Uganda], November 8 (ANI/Xinhua): Uganda reported 214 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday, bringing its national tally to 14,066, said the Ugandan Health Ministry.
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Cheptegei, Gidey break world records in Valencia
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Valencia [Spain], October 8 (ANI): Ugandan Joshua Cheptegei and Ethiopia's Letesenbet Gidey smashed world records over 10,000m and 5000m respectively at Valencia World Record Day event on Wednesday.
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Scientists discover bacterium linked to deadly childhood disorder
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 1 (ANI): Scientists at the Center for Infection and Immunity (CII) at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health have discovered bacteria linked to post-infectious hydrocephalus (PIH), the most common cause of pediatric hydrocephalus worldwide.
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Study reveals improved treatment for children with sickle cell anemia
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
London [UK], June 28 (ANI): Dose escalation of hydroxyurea treatment for children in Uganda with sickle cell anaemia is more effective and has similar side effects than a lower fixed dose of the same drug, suggest the findings of an international team of researchers.
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Researchers discover improved treatment for children with sickle cell anem
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
London [UK], June 26 (ANI): A team of international researchers has found that dose escalation of hydroxyurea treatment for children in Uganda with sickle cell anemia is more effective and has similar side effects than a lower fixed dose of the same drug.
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Chinese nationals caught in major tele fraud in Uganda
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Kampala [Uganda], April 19 (ANI): At least 37 Chinese nationals have been booked for fraud by the Ugandan authorities for running a tele fraud scheme while on a visitor visa in this African nation, according to local TV network NTV.
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China-Africa relations sour as Beijing mistreats Africans over Coronavirus
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Beijing [China], April 13 (ANI): Africa-China relations have run into rough waters after a large number of African nationals, most of them students, were harassed and discriminated as the Asian giant forced coronavirus testing and quarantine over fears of imported infections.
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